THE MAN FROM THE VALLEY, THE INCIENT YOUTH, LION FIYAH TRODS FROM THE ISLAND OF O'AHU, IN THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM! THIS FIERY CHANTER/SINGJAY STARTED OFF AS A SELEKTA, THEN MOVED FORWARD AS AN ARTIST. IN 2003 HE BEGAN TO DO WORKS WITH SOME BREDREN WHICH WOULD LEAD TO HIM JOINING YOUNG ROOTS BAND CORNERSTONE ROCKERS. THIS EXPERIENCE WOULD HELP TO NURTURE AND SHAPE HIS MUSICAL FYAH!
LATER, HE LINKED UP WITH THE RAS YOUTHS INTERNATIONAL CAMP, AND EVENTUALLY JOINED THE ISOULJAHS BAND. WHILE WITH ISOULJAHS, HIS ENERGETIC LIVE PERFORMANCES WERE GARNERING THIS YOUTH RESPECT AND ATTENTION! NOT ONE TO SIT IDLE, HE RECORDED THE "KINGDOM COME" EP, AN INDEPENDENT RELEASE THAT FEATURED A FEW OF HIS ANTHEMIC TUNES. WITH THE EP IN CIRCULATION, LION FIYAH PUSHED FURTHER AND ONCE MORE BEGAN TO FOCUS ON HIS SOLO WORK. A TOUR OF CALIFORNIA DOING SOUND SYSTEM SHOWS WITH RAS MIKEY OF ISOULJAHS, AND DJ ZACHARIJAH OF SOLOMONIC SOUNDS, WOULD BE FOLLOWED UP BY THE LION FIYAH DEBUT ON COLLEGE RADIO STATION, KTUH BACKED BY THE ISOULJAHS BAND. THE SUCCESS AND MOMENTUM OF THAT SHOW LED TO THE FORMING OF THE KING FIYAH BAND. FULL SPEED AHEAD, LION FIYAH HAS RECORDED DUBPLATES FOR VARIOUS SOUND SYSTEMS, MEANWHILE WORKING ON TUNES FOR HIS OWN LABEL, AS WELL AS RECORDING THE TRACK "DIVINITY WITHIN" ON THE "STEP BY STEP" RIDDIM FOR RUMBLE ROCK RECORDZ. LION FIYAH IS CURRENTLY IN THE STUDIO WORKING ON HIS DEBUT ALBUM ENTITLED "ANCIENT YOUTH". WHAT IS ON THE HORIZON FOR THIS TALENTED RASTAMAN? IN THE WORDS OF LION FIYAH HIMSELF, TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME! |
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